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Need a Valentine's gift? A "perfect" 100-carat diamond in a classic emerald-cut is going on the auction block, where it could fetch between $19 million to $25 million. Sotheby's will offer the white diamond on April 21 in New York. It's an internally flawless D color stone, which the auctioneer said is considered "perfect." Sotheby's New York jewelry department head Gary Schuler likened the stone's transparency "to a pool of icy water."

The stone is the only classic emerald-cut white diamond of the highest color and clarity and over 100 carats to come to auction, according to Sotheby's. The diamond was mined in southern Africa within the last 10 years and weighed over 200 carats before it was cut and polished, the auction house said. The owner wished to remain anonymous. Only five "perfect" diamonds over 100 carats have sold at auction in the last 25 years, with a 118-carat oval-cut stone fetching $30.6 million at Sotheby's in 2013. It set a record for a white diamond.

Diamonds are the most abundant mineral on earth. Diamonds are everywhere, mined by slave labor and the prices are kept artificially high by the same people who gave you Adolf Hitler. Selling any diamond for 20 million is slapping the public in the face. Next time you wear a diamond remember how it was removed from the ground.

JERZJOE

Feb 14, 2015 6:32 PM CST

I'll buy that for a DOLLAR!(ROBOCOP)1987 better than the remake! There ya go ALL!

BinThereDunThat

Feb 14, 2015 10:18 AM CST

It IS beautiful, but no way would I want it. There are too many other, more important things to spend money on. Not only is it an emerald-cut, it also looks like an Asscher-cut. I have earrings with that cut from QVC and you cannot tell their Diamonique from the real thing. :)